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About The American. (Central Point, Or.) 1928-1936 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 15, 1935)
I HI KSDDAY, Al'Ol'HT 15. 1«;« Tl>r AMEKhAM, CKNTR.iL IX>L\T, OREOON PACK TWO a hotbed of radical legislative pro neglect to read the advertisements? | perty. We cannot have re-employ Advertising Is NEWS— the most posals and laws. The Inevitable re ment of the Jobless *o long ag Inves II) <\ W. POWELL important kind of news It tells sult is that capital Is intimidated tors are afraid to put their money You've got the ball a rollin and normal recovery aud employ ' where and when you can save money into productive enterprise»— because The machinery's all a goiu’ Ke-e»tabll*bed. September 11, 112». obtain needed services, secure the rising taxes imperil both principal Take off the brakes and let us go ment are retarded. Devoted to the best Interest» of The outstanding example of de necessities of life. If read closely and and income. ahead '’entral Point and vicinity. Sat. Only structive class legislation passed by religiously they put real money In! The national debt ¡s approaching We’ve suffered for our folly. Entered a* second clang matter at your pocket. the 135,000.000,000 mark. Hun the last California legislature is the kei luit Mu) nard, Now we’re asking you. by golly. b< -«lit office. Central Point, Ore- Get the habit. Following adver Barbara Worth special California Chain Store Tax of dreds of millions of dollars a year Get off our back and let us go ton, under the Act of March 8, 1871. $500 a store for chains of 10 or ov- tisements in your paper in a wise are required to meet the interest ahead. habit, an instructive habit and a More hundreds of millions are re SUBSCRIPTION RATES: •r. . ... _ ... Strange as it may seem the politi- 1 thrifty habit. ">ne Year ................................... 11.00 quired for sinking funds with which Sun., Mon. We re still a bolding all our wealth b 1 , , , If you will take complete advan _ , . . _ . cal argument for this punitive legts- 11« Month« ............................. 1 -76 to pay off the bonds when they fall Dick INiwell, G.oria Stewart Our laud, our homes, our in born ‘ 1 1 ; v due. Long after the money has been Payable in advance. lation is that it is necessary to pro tage of fhe ads in the American for health. Advertising ratea on application. 1 spent, and the things it bought have tect the “ consumer". Because chain a few weeks you can save enough Don't hold us back, just let us go Office— Second Street, off Main. disappeared, we and our childreo stores lower prices by eliminating money to repay you your subscrip- ahead. will be paying the bill. the middleman and selling direct to ^ tlon price. Of alphabet and college rules ARTHUR EDWARD POWELL Tuns., Wed. The Federal government has at consumers, they must be crippled in We’ve had enough. Tho we be fools Editor and Proprietor tempted to “ spend us back to pros order to save the higher-price mid Alan Mowbray Give us the rein and let us go perity." In the view of many unbias dleman-controlled store. ahead. ed commentators we would have For years the political battle cry gone a long way farther toward re has been to reduce the overhead We've got to know just where we covery had spending been held down cost between the producer and con stand Thurs ..F^i. — in other words, the government's sumer of food products. STATE REGULATION HAS Myrna Loy, Cary Grant For five long years we’ve watch policy in their belief, has hindered Now when chain store efficiency WORKED ed this land in food buying and selling accom In addressing the public utility and not helped the nation. Yet more Parken invited to make this We did not know just which way Their Headquarters plishes this result and gives the sectlou of the American Har Associ- spending is in prospect— and more was “ ahead.” “ consumer" a large measure of the atlon, at its recent convention in Los taxes. COOL, PLEASANT ROOMS But now the way is clear and middleman’s profit in the form of Angelea, Leon O. Whitsell, president The people want tax reduction straight an average 10 per cent saving in re- of the California Railroad Commie- Husiness wants tax reduction. Inves- We want to go before we’re late ' tail food prices, that saving must be slon, took issue “ with that growing tors and workers want tax reduc- But government won't let us go destroyed by class taxation to save 304 8. Central political philosophy which Is being tlon. Unless It is achieved, the na- Medford DK. R. C. MULHOLLAND ahead. the “ consumer". Can anyone Justify broadcast from high places that the lion’s economic future is in the bal- Dentist Open O a. ni. to 9 p. in. such reasoning? • reguiation of public utilities by state ance. How can we stand for more inflation Hours 9 to 5 420 Med. Bldg. This so-called attack on the chain commissions has proved a failure.” “ ” ~~ _ . A~*d all too much adminlsteration. Evening by Appointment Mr. Whitsell pointed to definite "O W «ITCH CAN YOU STOP? stores is really an attack on the] Where will we land if we should go Medford, Ore. and constructive achievement, that f Some tl,ne a« ° a questionnaire "consumer" for he is the man who' ahead. Office Phone 1225-K— Res. 744-Y state regulation has brought to the w“ 8 submitted to motorists by the pays all the bills, including the class We do not think that it is mete people of California. Under it. both cily M‘‘ mpbis concerning the die- taxation. What interest has he in That government should e’er com household and industrial consumers necessary for stopping cars any taxation that raises the retail pete price on the necessities of life in or have enjoyed adequate service at Koln« 88 Kiven 8pe“ ds The 8urvey With us, if we would go ahead. reasonable and declining rates. Much demonstrated that the average drl- der to perpetuate inefficient meth » BOSI.EY BKFBIGEBATORS progress has been made In rural ba8 an exceedingly poor concep- ods of food distribution? A DYERS So put the cards upon the table MAYTAG A SPEED QUERN elertrlficatlon, and the farm load “ <"■ »topping distances— and that This is not a chain store fight it is WASHING MACHINES Give us the dope, if you are able. b». believes he can bring his car to All work guaranteed a consumers’ fight for the right to shows a steadily ascending curve. Hales anil Service Dispel our doubts and let us go a halt in a much shorter Bpace than buy good food economically, unham-i Domestic use of power has rapidly 131 W . Main St. Phone 300 ahead Office 20 8. Central pered by costly legislative or tax increased to the point where power is actually required. Medford The way to us is clear and Plant 811 N. Central For example, drivers were asked discrimination. is the first essential in the modern straight. how many feet would be needed to home. Medford, Oregon At election time our bonds we'll WHAT'S THE SENSE? Benefits have likewise accrued to stop a car with four-wheel brakes break Woud you buy a bouse and then the utilities themselves. They have moving at a speed of 40 miles per We can’t stand still, we have to livp in the bathroom? been permitted to earn a fair and bour on an ° " » lnar7 highway. Two go ahead. Of course not! Then why sub reasonable return upon the value of per of ‘ be drlvHr8 answered ten BARGAINS IN USED PIANOS scribe to the home town paper and their property. That, in turn, ha* or Ie»»: « . » per cent answered 123 W. Main Medford to comply with the new enabled them to obtain money at 11 ,0 20 feet; the heavle8t majority tries paid their workers out of sur plus or capitol borrowings when reasonable interest rates with which 22-2 per cent’ answered 21 to 30 FI N A NCTAL HE8P4»NHIBILAT Y to adequately finance developments. a,ld Per cent answered 51 their receipts were no longer ade LAW quate to foot the cost. Effective July 1 At all times they have been able to to 60 *eet' MEDFORI) VETERINARY Under the capitalistic system, as keep step with the growth and pro- Tbe ,rue answer is 80 feet and For Information Call practiced and developed In America, gress of the state. 11 w“ « *lven by less thun 6 per cent The hUtory of state regulation in ot ,he dr‘ vers. Only a minority of the worker has attained the highest 15 year* experience in large and all parts of the country pretty well nio,or*»,s realize that, no matter standard of living in tue world. He small animal practice, Mattresses Made to Order has been able to purchase infinitely 120 E. Main Phone 195 duplicates thP record made in Call-1how *ood 8 car'8 brakes. It is Im- 225 N Riverside Phone 309 Medford, On1. DR. J. W . W ATERS fornla. State commissions. Intimate- po‘,8,ble to »top within fifty feet— more luxuries than have his Euro Phone 548 ly in touch as they are with the ,bat a car Koing 40 miles an hour pean or Asiatic counterparts— and needs and desires of the people of wil1 8b*d farther than that with services and articles that he regards as necessities are actually luxuries ,IOO E. Mafti St, Medford their commonwealths, have provided lot'ked wheels. the kind of regulation that makes| Men,phta has provided a good ex- to foreign workers. Radios, automo for progress State cohimlssions have umple sb°wing that we vitally need biles. labor-saving appliances, cen GENERAL SHEET METAL FURNACES A HEATING performed the essential task of pro- <ont*nuous an<l intensified “ »chool- tral heating, even bathtubs, are still 109 Fi. 8th. St. Medforil tecting the Interest of consumers, in- ln® ^or dr‘ver8 and that the dri- regarded as the exclusive possessions Phone 418 vestors and utility workers and man- ver wbo ba8 °Perated a car for of the rich in many countries— but agement alike. It is not an accident twen,jr >'earR 8ll0U,d be 8iv«n “ tten- not in America where the worker All Classes Grinding or has tended to become a capitalist that. under the American plan of ,lon’ as wel1 88 tbe beginner, Sharpening state regulation of utilities. Amerl- Ad,,qaate knowledge of the liml- along with his employer. These are Tacts that the theorists Electric and Radio Repair* ca has led the world by u tremend- ,a,lon8 and capabilities of the motor ous margin in gas and electric ex- cur is a fundamental of accident cannot dispute. Those who would We Sell Sager A Kelly Axes i prevention. inflict us with fascism, communism pansion. All Classes Saws and other alien doctrines say little DAWSON FILING A IN THE BALANCE THE FRUITS o f CAPITALISM about what has happened to the Builders of Watertight Roofs GRINDING WORKS Ask any business man, investor,! It is a common fallacy that, under worker in he countries which have property owner or thinking worker | capitalism, the worker's share ol adopted them. They do not say that 44 N. Front Medford ESTIMATES anil INSPECTION what is most needed to give the na-, business' income tends to constantly the worker has almost always been WITHOUT CHARGE tlon the confidence, the spirit and j decrease. g r o i/d down and made poorer—and the optimism that will break de-. The truth is that precisely the op has been kept from Insurrection by Phone 8U5-J pression. posite occurs. For example, the barbaric, iron-handed dictatorship. IOth A Fir Medford You might get the same answer' worker's share in the national in- Capitalism has succeeded. Given a from each: “ Tax reduction, plus aI come level Increased from 38 per fair chance, it will continue to suc KEYS MADE while you wait determined policy that will balance' cent in 1850 to 85 per cent in 1929. ceed— and bring new benefits to the Phone 207 the budget as soon as possible, audj Of even greater interest is the fact American people of all economic EXPERT GUN REPAIRING 715 W. Main 8L Medford gradually reduce and eventually e-1 that during times of depression the levels. llmlnate the vast national debt." workers share of Income is even DENTISTRY **ea1, p' ®D<1 *°un,l r> liigh.T than in times of prosperity ' SOAKING THE “ CONSUMER" covery cannot arrive so long as in- In 1931 and 1932 the workers re-' AGAIN 410 Medford Bldg. FOR 23 N FTr Phone 201 Medford, Oregon dustry faces the prospect of confls- celved 75 to 80 per cent of the in- California is one of the most fa- catory taxes that will seixe whatever come produced. And. in the case of VOred states in the union from the SEE profits It is able to make. We cannot manufacturing and related Indus- standpoint of natural advantages V V N rN V A V V V V V W V V A V V V y V V V V COMMERCIAL FINANCE have a wave of home-building so tries, the worker received $2,500,- that attract capital. As a result. It CORPORATION long as our cltUens realize that in- ” 00.000 MORE than these Industries h„ prospered beyond most states. Medford, Oregon ■ sing taxes may soon make it Ini- received In total receipts during the (Successor lo Dr. J. J. Flmmens) Recently, however, It has become 204 Medford Bldg. possible for the mto keep their pro- two years. In other words, the Indus Let Us Go Ahead The American R oxy “ Fighting Trooper” “ Gold Diggers of 1935 Telephone 601 For The American “ Night Life of The Gods” EDITORIALS CORNER INN “ Wings in the Dark” Dinners 25c Fick Hardware Co. J Baldwin Piano Shoppe INSURANCE Flower’s Mattress & Upholstering Shop HOSPITAL Harold Brown Brill Metal Works Locksmith - Gunsmith M e r r ic k ’s S w im m in g Pool STANDARD ROOFING CO. N. Riverside Medford WE FIX ANYTHING CONGER Funeral Parlors Dr. I. H. Gove Medford Cycle & Repair Shop I AUTO LOANS Dr. C. W. Lemery In o u r new 1 ractlce limited to eye, ear, nose, and throat and fitting of glasses. Tel. 567 Rea. 1013 Pure Ice M urray’s Beauty Shop Not only k'-rpe foods FRESH— Everything in Cabinet Work Established In 1908 Safe Insurance at a Saving hut keeps them WHOLESOME! BERT PECK Oregon Mutual Fire Insurance Co. Call on A u to m o b ile R epair A n d S erv ice (Incorporated) 1.ELAND CLARK, Agent 10 North Bartlett m . Medford, Ore, Phone 149« Medford Ice & Storage Company loentiuu ■TROWBRIDGE Cabinet Works FABER BUUiDING 2nd Floor Mann’s Dept. Sore YUM tills modern »ho|>— en>.y „ r,nger wave with PERL’S Funeral Home S H U T S BROS. A u to P ain tin g nur new fast dryers— and le-M o f all— a Permanent Minre to » « i t >4>ur o w n | m i ->4»unlit y . Established in your community 25 years P h on e 47 137 V Central. Medford. phone 1059 ----------— — — ■ - ----- ------ - . J.- This Classified Directory Will be found useful ______________ When in Med ford It’s the Truth! Phones 363 and 486 t o n t l n i i i n g to |t»t 4 % Him re l i r n g n l . Insured FIRST FEDERAL SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOCIATION OF MEDFORD 27 V Holly_____________ C. Earl Bradfish D e p rm la b le . R e a s o n a b le . C o m p eten t O p era tors K. Repairing At Depression Priera 15 So. Central Ave. Medford Medford, Oregon BODY A FENDER REPAIRING A G I.A SS P opular P rices 4 2 8 W . 6 th St. e x p e r t WATCH and JEWELRY F. Ky lr. S ecy . l*hone 1221 a g ■ J PH OTOGRAPHERS ANSWER T o LAST W EEK’S PICTURE (Answer to last week— Snake »rnoni weaken« the heart *nd lowers blood pressure and whl*Xey still further lowv-es tire blood pressure ami depresses.) ■ g ■ JJ : Medford Domestic Laundry i J 30 NORTH RIVERSIDE AVE. PHONE 16« J a •••• Shangle Studios Expert Photography Klar Portraits a Specialty Medford Bldg. __ PHYSICIANS Dr. B. C. Wilson Physician end Surgeon S'ones’ Drug 2 |0 Medford Stota itldg Central Point Medford Dr. Jud Rickert OPTOMETRIST G ood G lasers. If yon nerd them , otherw ise good advice. 2 2 ! E. Main. Medford T ry an A d in The American ♦ {